Wilbur Wright Quotes
- I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years.
- I am an enthusiast, but not a crank in the sense that I have some pet theories as to the proper construction of a flying…
- We could hardly wait to get up in the morning.
- The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who... looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space... on…
- Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.
- It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill.
- The fact that the great scientist believed in flying machines was the one thing that encouraged us to begin our studies.
- There is no sport equal to that which aviators enjoy while being carried through the air on great white wings.